
THE POSTWAR WORLD 1950–2000III
MODERNISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE 1950–19796
THE BOSTON T
BOSTON TRANSIT AUTHORITY SIGN SYSTEM
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Chermayeff & Geismar Associates (est. 1957), Designers
New York, New York, USA
1967
In the mid-1960s, Boston’s Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority (MBTA) expanded to
include both subway and surface transportation
throughout the Greater Boston metropolitan
area. This decision had an extraordinary impact
on the City of Boston, as well as its surrounding
cities and towns, which were now part of this
new transportation system. The “T,” as it came
to be known, was one of the first combined
regional ...